tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38819563606203125102014-10-02T05:52:22.632+01:00Kris's BoxSome random thoughts of a Training ProfessionalKris Gielenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02668757563535028062noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881956360620312510.post-12358570577609600562008-07-23T18:09:00.003+01:002008-08-04T16:29:13.895+01:00Blogger is OUT, WordPress is INMore than a year ago, I started blogging. I have been using Google’s Blogger service, but ran into it’s limits a few times:It is very difficult, if not impossible, to print pages with Firefox. It’s unclear why, but for longer topics, not everything is printed. When writing a post, uploading pictures is easy, but they always get inserted at the top of the edit box, which means you have to drag Kris Gielenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02668757563535028062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881956360620312510.post-16012732066371647422008-07-10T08:37:00.006+01:002009-08-12T19:46:20.121+01:00Fixing slow loading of attachments from OutlookThis post has been moved to http://blog.krisgielen.be/archives/55.Kris Gielenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02668757563535028062noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881956360620312510.post-66815114208010752862008-06-26T21:57:00.004+01:002009-08-12T19:44:47.866+01:00Redownloading a Podcast in iTunesThis post has been moved to http://blog.krisgielen.be/archives/54.Kris Gielenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02668757563535028062noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881956360620312510.post-57503930712062856122008-03-30T10:17:00.011+01:002009-08-12T19:47:57.609+01:00Microsoft Word: extra space before colonThis post has been moved to http://blog.krisgielen.be/archives/53.Kris Gielenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02668757563535028062noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881956360620312510.post-12131408402344825992008-03-26T09:34:00.006+01:002009-08-12T19:49:01.780+01:00Issue with Global Address Book when using Outlook in Cached Exchange ModeThis post has been moved to http://blog.krisgielen.be/archives/52.Kris Gielenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02668757563535028062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881956360620312510.post-53237468382895036162008-03-02T12:26:00.004+01:002009-08-12T19:50:01.744+01:00UFT-8 on a website based on mySQL and PHPThis post has been moved to http://blog.krisgielen.be/archives/51.Kris Gielenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02668757563535028062noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881956360620312510.post-2198228712426817052008-02-05T15:06:00.000+01:002008-02-05T15:28:52.907+01:00FireFox Quickie: keywords can be "smart" as wellBuilding on my previous FireFox Quickie, keywords in the FireFox browser can be even more useful: by adding "%s" at in the bookmarked URL, you can make them "smart". The "%s"will be replaced with whatever you type after the keyword.FireFox comes with some built-in smart keywords:google -> http://www.google.com/search?q=%sdict -> http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=%sstock -> http://Kris Gielenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02668757563535028062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881956360620312510.post-21602142835288977072008-01-31T12:11:00.000+01:002008-01-31T12:29:19.253+01:00FireFox Quickie: use keywords for quick access to websitesIf you use the FireFox browser, there's an easy way to quickly browse to a website that you use often. After bookmarking the site, right-click the bookmark in your Bookmarks menu and select Properties. In the Keyword field, add a word that you want to use as shortcut for the website.After doing that, getting to the website is as easy as typing that keyword in the address bar and pressing Kris Gielenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02668757563535028062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881956360620312510.post-61323449828754741362008-01-30T15:11:00.000+01:002008-01-30T15:23:34.839+01:00Recommended Tool: PureTextThere are a few tools that I use so often, that I can imagine some of you might be interested in them as well. The first one is PureText.It's a small nifty application that will simply remove any text formatting from the contents in the Clipboard. You can assign a hot-key to paste the text (without the formatting). I use the default setting of the Windows Key+V. When I want to paste everything Kris Gielenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02668757563535028062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881956360620312510.post-10101976343973384342008-01-15T10:43:00.000+01:002008-01-15T11:08:42.667+01:00SharePoint 2007 Quickie: Adding Lists to a Meeting WorkSpaceIn a previous post, I complained about the fact that SharePoint 2007 is not intuitive enough. With this Quickie, I want to share the best way to add a List to a Meeting Workspace:The way not to do it: I thought you needed to select Site Actions > Edit Page and then Add a Web Part to add a Custom List to a Meeting Workspace.However, if you do that, you get a list of Web Parts that you can add, butKris Gielenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02668757563535028062noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881956360620312510.post-81579413289121535552008-01-15T09:33:00.000+01:002008-01-15T11:09:01.261+01:00SharePoint 2007: More bugsUnfortunately, my experiences with SharePoint 2007 are revealing more bug.I already mentioned the issue that after saving a Meeting Workspace as a template, the resulting Meeting Workspaces don't not keep the view settings that you defined in the template.Specifically, I created custom lists in a Basic Meeting Workspace, saved it as a template and then used it as Meeting Workspace (created from Kris Gielenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02668757563535028062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881956360620312510.post-28340051170831142942008-01-04T11:20:00.001+01:002008-01-04T11:22:59.153+01:00SharePoint 2007: 2-way synchronization with Outlook 2007After experimenting a bit further, I am happy to see that there is 2-way synchronization for Calendars and Contact Lists between SharePoint 2007 and Outlook 2007.Unfortunately, this does not work with Outlook 2003, as confirmed in another blog:"Outlook 2003 can link to SharePoint Calendars and Contact Lists on your new MOSS 2007 server and download read-only copies of that content. Outlook Kris Gielenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02668757563535028062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881956360620312510.post-2227032152167073422008-01-04T10:33:00.001+01:002008-01-04T11:23:15.679+01:00An update on using SharePoint 2007 for a few weeksI've been using SharePoint 2007 for a few weeks now and it's time for another update on my impressions about the product. I still think that SharePoint 2007 is a vast improvement over Sharepoint 2003, specifically in the area of usability. It's just a lot more intuitive.Nice things about SharePoint 2007I was happy to see that the Recycle Bin not only allows for entire Lists or sites to be Kris Gielenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02668757563535028062noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881956360620312510.post-23586630330607579832008-01-02T12:41:00.000+01:002008-01-02T12:59:11.989+01:00Excel Quickie: Using mm instead of inches for marginsYesterday I encountered another of those pesky issues that can drive you crazy. I was working in Excel, and needed to change the margins. I wanted to use precise numbers in millimeters, so I clicked the margins button on the Page Layout tab and was confronted with a dialog screen that only showed numbers, no units:Apparently the system was using inches by default. It took me more than an hour of Kris Gielenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02668757563535028062noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881956360620312510.post-1006360816357690382007-12-29T19:52:00.000+01:002007-12-29T20:33:40.420+01:00Add-in to merge letters to separate filesI was working on a project for a non-profit organization this weekend, and I ran into an issue that caused some head-scratching. The group needed a large mass mailing, and the process of getting the data into an XL-sheet and running a Mail merge using Word seemed easy enough. It was, except for the fact that Word creates one big document as a result (even though you get that by selecting the Kris Gielenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02668757563535028062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881956360620312510.post-26471351836267664932007-12-17T08:34:00.000+01:002007-12-17T08:40:03.684+01:00Office 2007 SP1 is outA few days ago I learned through John C Dvorak's splendid Tech 5 report that Microsoft published SP1 for Office 2007.I downloaded SP1 from the Microsoft Download site and installed it. It took about 5 minutes.I'll have a look at the details of the Office 2007 SP1 package and let you know about my experiences with it in the next couple of days.By the way, check out CrankyGeeks with John as well. IKris Gielenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02668757563535028062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881956360620312510.post-84070092535148017492007-12-04T09:55:00.000+01:002007-12-04T10:28:03.958+01:00Guides to the 2007 Office system user interface on one pageI've talked before about the Interactive Guides on where to find a command in Office 2007, if you know where it was in 2003. The links still work, but meanwhile Microsoft has put them all on one page.You not only get links to the Interactive Guides for Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook, you can also download them.Also, on that same page, you'll find links to Mapping Workbooks, which areKris Gielenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02668757563535028062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881956360620312510.post-5772103405460772742007-11-30T14:01:00.000+01:002008-01-04T13:52:15.542+01:00SharePoint 2007: What's newSome further reading and testing with SharePoint 2007 has only increased my enthusiasm. Without having it all tested extensively, the new things I like are:The Recycle Bin: finally a way to 'undelete'Bread crumbs: It's a lot easier to understand where you are in a siteWorkflows: both to collect feedback and as a approval mechanismRSS support: see an example in my post of yesterdayProject Tasks Kris Gielenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02668757563535028062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881956360620312510.post-59110466866205688802007-11-29T10:10:00.001+01:002007-11-29T10:44:22.758+01:00SharePoint 2007: My first impressionsI just started using SharePoint 2007 and my first impressions are good! I have dealt with SharePoint 2003 for a few years now, and while it has some nice collaboration features, it is not very intuitive nor attractive. SharePoint 2007 seems to be improved in both areas. It looks a lot nicer, and more importantly, the user interface has been significantly upgraded, so that most actions are a lot Kris Gielenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02668757563535028062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881956360620312510.post-7593891474266897462007-11-28T11:02:00.000+01:002007-11-28T12:48:58.377+01:00Word Quickie: Insert Quick PartIf you repeatedly need to add some text in Word, the new Quick Parts button on the Insert tab will save you time.Initially, the Quick Parts menu allows you to insert the main Document Properties, or a Field:You can easily add items to the Quick Parts menu, by selecting some text and clicking Save Selection to Quick Part Gallery.This will give you a dialog box, where you can add some details of Kris Gielenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02668757563535028062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881956360620312510.post-32498074118412951872007-11-27T13:48:00.000+01:002007-11-27T14:08:43.015+01:00Reason #5 why I like Office 2007: using Slide designs/layouts in Powerpoint 2007PowerPoint XP gave us 'Multiple Masters'. Until then, we were limited to 2 master layouts: a Title master and a Content master. With multiple masters, we finally could create presentations with different, yet consistent background for different sections of our presentations.The problem with multiple masters was that PowerPoint XP used a rather strange user interface for switching between the Kris Gielenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02668757563535028062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881956360620312510.post-72368558081591325432007-11-26T12:15:00.000+01:002007-11-27T13:24:05.476+01:00Keyboard Shortcut FavoritesI am one of those guys who likes to use Keyboard Shortcuts a lot. While I'm not particularly fond of the way Office 2007 provides keyboard access to all entries on the Ribbon (*), I do use quite a few of the "old-fashioned" Keyboard Shortcuts that worked in previous versions of Office. Luckily, all of the keyboard shortcuts in Office 2007 continue to work exactly as they did before.These are a Kris Gielenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02668757563535028062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881956360620312510.post-32363193938562397932007-11-26T10:31:00.000+01:002007-11-26T10:36:18.637+01:00Blogweek!I know I should not do this, because until now, I couldn't really keep my promise to update this blog frequently, but I anyway intend to make this week "Blogweek". The idea is to post an entry to this blog every day of the the week until Friday. Let's see whether this will work :-)Kris Gielenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02668757563535028062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881956360620312510.post-30116065661877320472007-10-26T16:17:00.000+01:002007-10-26T16:40:34.341+01:00Get Started tab can help you make the transitionMicrosoft is offering 3 free downloads that add a "Get Started" tab to Word, Excel and PowerPoint 2007. This tab is something they probably should have included in the product itself when Office 2007 came to the market about a year ago, but at least you can download and install it now yourself.The tab contains some useful links to ease the transition to the new version of the Office packages.The Kris Gielenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02668757563535028062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881956360620312510.post-46031582871800756952007-10-24T17:19:00.000+01:002007-11-26T12:10:51.299+01:0065,535 is a difficult number for Excel 2007A weird bug has been discovered in Excel 2007, involving calculation of numbers around 65,535. In some specific cases, Excel 2007 displays 100,000, when it should say 65,535. Microsoft claims it's a display error, i.e. that calculated value that Excel uses is supposedly correct, but that seems a bit odd.Look for all details on the Microsoft Excel team blog.UPDATE 26 October 2007: meanwhile, Kris Gielenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02668757563535028062noreply@blogger.com0